Yosemite Half Dome planning meeting

From the NPS—>

Yosemite National Park will be hosting its monthly open house on May 26, 2010. The Open house is from 1 to 6 pm in the Valley Visitor Center Auditorium. Park entrance fees are waived for attendees.
Project managers will be on hand to discuss the Half Dome Trail Stewardship Plan, Invasive Plant Management Plan Update, the Wawona Road project, the Tioga Road EA, and many other ongoing projects. Special presentations on the Half Dome Trail Stewardship Plan will ocurr at 2:30 and 5 pm.

Half Dome Cables Will Not Be in Place over Memorial Day Weekend
Cool, wet conditions have persisted well into May, resulting in a heavier-than-usual and slowly-melting snowpack. As a result, the subdome, below the Half Dome cables, is covered in snow. A slip and fall from the subdome’s steep snowfield could cause serious injury or death. For the safety of employees setting up the cables and hikers, the cables will not be put up until conditions improve. We will monitor conditions over the next two weeks and issue an expected opening date as soon as possible.
If you have a permit for May 21-23 or May 28-31, you will receive a refund.

Yup, got a *phone* *call* a half hour ago telling me the cables wouldn’t be going up for the May 29th through 31st (Memorial Day) weekend.

Apparently they are even going to refund the $1.50/ticket reservation fee (which they didn’t need to do, in my opinion).

Also, it looks like Glacier Point Road may not be open for my Glacier Point -> Little Yosemite Valley -> Happy Isles camping trip the following week. Disappointing, of course, but at least I got to ski in March at Badger Pass…

And I am glad to see they are looking out for the safety of the park rangers.